Talking Pediatrics

In this episode of Talking Pediatrics, Dr. Gabi Hester reviews new guidelines recently published by the American Academy of Pediatrics for the diagnosis and management of hyperbilirubinemia in newborns. View the transcript here: https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-guidelines-gabi-code-yellow-new-guidelines-hyperbilirubinemia-9-30-22/

Marijuana and cannabis are all over the news these days. Legalization of THC products has occurred in many states across the country, and while the goal is to decriminalize a substance with history disproportionately putting people of color in prison, the end result is that cannabis products of all kinds are more widely available and can more easily end up reaching our adolescent patients. Join th...

A mysterious wave of acute hepatitis in children is currently under investigation spanning 43 states as well as international borders. These cases are unique in that typical causes for liver injury such as viral Hepatitis A-E have not been found. Though the causal pathway for liver injury is unknown, association with a certain virus of cold-causing daycare fame has been demonstrated in more than h...

On this episode of Talking Pediatrics, we talk about hair and health, and not in the ways you might expect. Health Equity manager and Kid Expert Adriene Thornton interviews nurse Courtney Kenefick on what hair symbolizes in black culture, why hair is so important to black culture and why knowing this history and importance can help us take better care of our patients and decrease health disparitie...

As cases rise, and some start showing up in kids, it’s time we all learn what we need to know to counsel, prevent and prepare for Monkeypox. We are joined by our Kid Expert infection preventionist, Joe Kurland, to learn how to counsel and care for our pediatric and adolescent patients. Join us as we discuss common symptoms, how to test, how to treat, pediatric vaccination options and, also dispel...

Summer is widely known as "trauma season" for children and teenagers. The combination of more activity, more opportunities for accidents and less parental oversight can result in more traumatic injury for kids. On this podcast, we interview Kid Expert Dr. Eric Lund, orthopedic trauma surgeon, and a key player in our adolescent and young adult trauma program, about how to keep kids safe(r) and avoi...

In June 2022, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe vs Wade decision that for almost 50 years provided constitutional protection for legal abortion in the United States. Since the decision was overturned, over half of the states in the country have either banned or severely restricted access to abortion. How does this impact how we take care of our adolescent patients? What are the implica...

Join us today as our guest host, Adriene Thornton, Children's Minnesota Health Equity Manager, discusses the importance of understanding data disaggregation and the impact on health equity with guest, Dr. Nathan Chomilo, MD. Dr. Chomilo is Medical Director for the State of Minnesota's Medicaid and MinnesotaCare programs, as well as a general pediatrician. View the transcript here: https://www.chil...

Books can be joyful, imaginative, thought-provoking, thrilling. But unfortunately at times they may perpetuate stereotypes, racism, discrimination, under-representation or "other-ness". And so may their authors in the real world. How do we respond to this - as parents or book-lovers, or pediatricians? On this episode, Dr. Gabi Hester hosts a book club with four Kids Experts and avid book readers t...

Screens in all forms have become a part of our daily lives, and a part of the world that all kids are navigating. How do we as pediatric clinicians help families navigate the world of screens? What does the data tell us about the impact of screens (and types of screens) on child development? Join host Dr. Angela Kade Goepferd and Kid Expert and director of psychological services, Dr. Sarah Jerstad...

Summer is filled with long days, warm nights and lots of.....bugs. Including ticks, which in the case of deer ticks can translate into Lyme disease. In a conversaition had in May, Dr. Angela Goepferd chatted with Kid Expert Ashley Gyura, the clinical advisor to the NAPNAP/CDC nurse practitioner education and knowledge initiative for Lyme disease. Ashley talks to us about all things ticks, includin...

Dr. Alex Kula, pediatric nephrologist at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, provides kidney pearls in this week's episode as we riff on confounding urine dipstick results. Join us as we navigate incidental proteinuria, hematuria and its origins, post-strep glomerulonephritis, and guidance on when to approach your friendly neighborhood nephrologist. Dr. Fate and Dr. Kula also wax nostalgic about...

There is not a pediatric clinician among us who doesn’t have a patient with allergies, including food allergies, environmental allergies and/or seasonal allergies. On this episode, we talk with Dr. Nicole Chase, pediatric allergist and immunologist, about all things allergy including: current recommendations for food introduction, oral food challenges, pitfalls in “allergy testing” in primary care...

On this week's episode of Talking Pediatrics, Dr. Gabi Hester talks with Dr. Anu Kalaskar, Medical Director of Children's Minnesota Infectious Disease department and Dr. Christina Koutsari, Antibicrobial Stewardship/Infectious Diseases pharmacist, to discuss the most recent updates in the treatment of COVID-19 in children. View the transcript here: https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-profession...

In this LGBTQ Pride month Trailblazers episode, we interview national expert on LGBTQ+ health and adolescent HIV care, Dr. Rob Garofalo. Dr. Garofalo is the Chief of Adolescent medicine at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and specializes in the care of HIV+ and LGBTQ adolescents at the Center for Gender, Sexuality and HIV Prevention. He has a passion for caring for transgender and gender diver...

Working in health care is physically and emotionally challenging. Burnout is common and statistics on health care worker suicides are sobering. On this episode of Talking Pediatrics, guest host Dr. Gabi Hester will speak with several Kid Experts about resources and strategies to support health care workers when they are in need.  View the transcript here: https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-pro...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, those of us caring for children and adolescents have seen a dramatic rise in stress and anxiety among the pediatric population, and a need to support kids and their mental health. In this episode, Children's own Kid Expert, Dr. Sara Gonzalez Rodriguez, licensed psychologist, joins us to discuss the impact of anxiety and stress on kids and their families, a...

Is it a bird? A plane? A mobile simulation bus? Mobile simulation, which brings vehicles equipped with spaces to simulate patient care areas, task trainers, and mannequins directly to the healthcare provider, has steadily increased over the last decade. Since 2007, the Children's Minnesota Mobile Simulation Center Bus has traveled to provide hands on practice for healthcare professionals across th...

When we talk about health equity, we often hear about overcoming both implicit and explicit bias, which implies that if we could only change individual and collective behavior, we could improve health outcomes. But what is left out of these discussions is the important factor of structural racism, the ways that our health care system were built to generate the racial health inequities we see today...

Each time a child undergoes heart transplantation, there is an entire team involved across multiple settings to make sure things go as smoothly as possible. This amazing gift of life doesn't come without risks and complications, and the pediatric heart failure and heart transplant team at Children's Minnesota wants to make sure that every primary care clinician knows how to take care of pediatric...

One of the more common and challenging issues we encounter in pediatrics is when we perceive that we can't meet parents expectations for treatment interventions for their child. Typically this presents to use by way of a cold or flu virus, that can't be treated by antibiotics, and yet parents want us to do something to help their child feel better. We want to avoid doing more harm than good by pre...

On this episode, we talk to pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Meysam Kebriaei, one of our Kid Experts at Children’s Minnesota, about some of the amazing new interventions for pediatric epilepsy. The advances made in epilepsy surgery, brain and spinal cord tumors and treatment of hydrocephalus are truly remarkable. Learn how new advances in brain surgery can help patients who have previously struggled wit...

This week we celebrated Transgender Day of Visibility, a day that recognizes the important role that trans and gender diverse people play in our lives and communities, and the celebrates the courage it takes for many trans and gender diverse folks to live in the world as their authentic selves. On this episode, we interview Nick Alm (they/them), who lives boldly as a non-binary person, and who is...

Like Zoom birthdays and designer masks, multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a unique product of the COVID-19 pandemic. Appearing about 4 weeks after COVID-19 infection has cleared, it likely represents a disordered immune response that can cause appendicitis-like GI symptoms, Kawasaki-like skin findings, and most alarmingly, cardiac dysfunction and pump failure. Recognizing M...

On this week's episode of Talking Pediatrics, Dr. Gabi Hester explores how to diagnose and manage headaches in children with Dr. Meghan Candee, Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology and Director of the Comprehensive Pediatric Headache Clinic at the University of Utah. View the transcript here: https://www.childrensmn.org/for-health-professionals/talking-pediatrics-podcast/talking-pediatrics-g...